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  MIT ‘10: Corey Kubber MIT will help Corey Kubber '10 "develop and grow, with some eccentric, genius-type people."

  

  recently won a $2,500 scholarship from the Morikami Museum in Delray Beach. Despite a demanding academic schedule, he still finds time for a social life ... , presented the scholarship to Kubber in a ceremony at the museum last month

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 30, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Summer reading: “The Language of God” Consider adding "The Language of God" to your summer reading list!

  

  picnic a few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of seeing him and his band of ... parodies, and we also played a long, very hot, and relatively uncoordinated ... , apparently he is writing. His book, "The Language of God: A Scientist Presents

  • by Melis A. '08
  • July 22, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Doonesbury Conclusion Official Doonesbury news.

  

  "Doonesbury Voting Hack", a web site (adorned with art borrowed from the Town Hall) which enabled would-be-ballot-stuffers to spew out over a million votes in a single night. "We're all running cgi hack scripts" lol'd one

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 26, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  April Questions Omnibus 1 Recent questions, answered.

  

  It's been a while since I've done a Questions Omnibus... Harlan '10 ... recieve a reply, is that because I sent it in so quickly?" Harlan '10, I am writing your name with a '10 after it. This means we have received your

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Random notes A mystery solved, an updated blog list, and a handful of questions answers.

  

  A few random notes today... Mystery solved! You may remember that a while back, I posed a challenge question to you (about two thirds of the ... people! First, I got an email from Eric more than a week ago (to give you

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Yay for cheap stuff Inexpensive books make me happy.

  

  and a half hours in the pouring rain to lose a field hockey game. Bleh ... her read my books. We have a symbiotic relationship.) In other news, I ... , just to wrap up a few loose ends from my last couple of entries: A lot

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 17, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Cool running Well, it's warm running now, but just wait about two weeks.

  

  've run fifteen miles and walked about ten, so I'm just a little bit burned ... forgot where it was entirely. Next time, I'll get a picture and blog it. I ... can probably use to buy a comfortable chair for my room from the online

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 5, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I AM CONNECTED! Finally arriving on campus was way less exciting than finally getting my wireless connection to…

  

  to be on the Burton half of the building in a double, but my room had ... there and make it a triple.) So when someone elsewhere in the building moved out, they "un-crowded" my room and gave me a single on the Conner

  • by Laura N. '09
  • August 22, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Where We’ve Been And Where We’re Going A brief history of the blogs and MyMIT.

  

  Browsing Matt's blog reminded me that I have a blogiversary on the horizon as well. A quick check revealed that I missed it - it was August 6 ... to be more of a magazine/newspaper type of thing, with "official" News

  • by Ben Jones
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  What pretty hair… This entry is about my dorm, hair dye, pork dumplings, and, of course, Alain Boublil.

  

  Conner 5 as a nice blonde older sister who just finished getting her master ... a while. Conner 2 is the adorable youngest daughter, outfitted in a ... , a little frustrated by being the only boy and by being the proverbial

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 7, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Reactors are my friends. Four things you would never expect to find in a real MIT laboratory.

  

  into oil. How do you turn a turkey into oil? Well, Chester, according to Changing World Technologies, you take a turkey, cut off all the meat and ... a pot, grind it up, heat it up to 250 C and 40 atmospheres, dehydrate

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 26, 2005
• Blog / Hacks

  I feel the need, the need for speed!

  

  Harry Potter fame) tried to kill the Great Dome with a curse, leaving a ... community went to Six Flags". You don't stop being a Child of Florey (another name for a 5th East-er, if you couldn't figure that out) because of

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • July 17, 2005
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Hi, My Name Is: (insert name here) name my newest pet and win BIG! prizes and fame included!

  

  closest mall to campus; a free shuttle leaves from Kendall square about ... able to replace it overnight. Back at home, we have a Rottweiler-German Shepard mix, Toby. My younger brother got it for his birthday a few years

  • by Bryan
  • July 12, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  What’s the big deal about 40^2?

  

  Okay, so I'm in the middle (towards the end) of a long day of reading right now, but I thought I'd take a quick break to tell you a little about the last application I read. People make a big deal about test scores

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 20, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hello, world

  

  Employer: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology As a consequence of my ... , Long Island, New York, a small town with a tourism and maritime economy. From Kindergarten through 8th grade, I attended a small Catholic school

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 6, 2004
• Blog / How to Human

  *john mulaney voice* Cause we’re delta airlines, and life is— My delta flight this IAP, a couple of weeks late oops

  

  ” person.[annotation note="Is that a type of person? I don't actually know ... change my flight to a direct flight that arrives at O'Hare instead of the ... Like literally how have i never lost a flight I'm[/visually_hidden] This

  • by ana~
  • January 18, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  looking at old journals gap year chronicles, ft thoughts on science, art, and moving through the world

  

  and carried on. I wrote a lot while I was living out of my car, interning at a writers’ retreat, and backpacking through Europe. This break, I ... that list to the ones that are most palatable for a blog. # I didn

  • by Amber V. '24
  • January 23, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  motivation musings as i look back on the year

  

  put your hand in front of it, it’d churn out a piece of paper at about a ... about this — call [annotation note="a service repair hotline for on-campus buildings"]FIX-IT[/annotation], submit a work order request, or just let

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • September 7, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  [guest post] hindsight in 2020 — about life after mit rejections, situated knowledges, and ultimately getting closer to the asymptote…

  

  , who, as an applicant, was a frequent commenter on the blogs; was ... write a post "about being someone rejected from mit & learning to build a life after." I said sure, and she wrote this post. I had planned

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 29, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  setting things on fire and playing with flames

  

  I had a funny realization. I found myself setting something on fire 3 different times in the same week—twice for classes, once for a club—and each ... presence. I love it. The club has also taught me a new relationship with fear

  • by Kanokwan T. '26
  • May 18, 2025